Carlos Merino

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Merino and the second or maternal family name is González.

Carlos Gustavo Merino González (born 15 March 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Carlos Merino

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Gustavo Merino González
Date of birth	(1980-03-15) 15 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1996–1997	University of Texas
1997–1999	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Nottingham Forest	7	(0)
2000–2003	Athletic Bilbao	8	(0)
2001–2002	→ Burgos (loan)	20	(0)
2004–2005	Numancia	43	(6)
2005–2007	Gimnàstic	55	(3)
2007–2008	Las Palmas	13	(0)
2008–2010	Albacete	57	(7)
2011–2013	Wacker Innsbruck	70	(9)
2013–2014	Panthrakikos	2	(0)
2014–2016	Portugalete	49	(3)
Total		324	(28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Merino started his senior career with Nottingham Forest in the English Football League Championship, and signed in March 2000 for hometown's Athletic Bilbao – the deal being effective as of the 2000–01 season^[1]– where he struggled with first-team opportunities, also being loaned to Segunda División club Burgos CF.^[2]

After being released in January 2004, Merino joined CD Numancia. In 2004–05's La Liga he played and scored regularly, although the Soria side were relegated one year after promoting.^[3] He went on to have second-tier stints with Gimnàstic de Tarragona,^[4] UD Las Palmas and Albacete Balompié, also representing the first side in the top flight.

In the 2011 January transfer window, aged nearly 31, Merino moved abroad again, signing for Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck in Austria and sharing teams with compatriot Iñaki Bea.^[5] On 15 September 2013 he moved countries again, joining Panthrakikos F.C. of the Super League Greece^[6] and being released on 7 January of the following year.^[7]

Merino returned to both his homeland and native region in July 2014, signing with Club Portugalete in Tercera División.^[8]

References

1. Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (1 March 2000). "El Athletic ficha a Merino, un vasco procedente del Nottingham Forest" [Athletic sign Merino, Basque from Nottingham Forest]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. "El delantero del Athletic Carlos Merino, cedido al Burgos CF" [Athletic forward Carlos Merino, loaned to Burgos CF]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 23 August 2001. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
3. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
4. "El club espera descarte de Primera tras fichar a Merino y Pérez" [Club awaits release from Primera after signing Merino and Pérez]. La Nación (in Spanish). 19 July 2005. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
5. "Wacker Innsbruck verpflichtet Spanier Carlos Merino" [Wacker Innsbruck acquire Spaniard Carlos Merino]. Kronen Zeitung (in German). 29 January 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
6. Δελτίο τύπου της 15.09.2013 [Press release of 15.09.2013] (in Greek). Panthrakikos F.C. 15 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
7. Δελτίο τύπου της 07.01.2014 [Press release of 07.01.2014] (in Greek). Panthrakikos F.C. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
8. "El ex del Athletic Carlos Merino, nuevo refuerzo del Club Portugalete" [Ex-Athletic Carlos Merino, new Club Portugalete addition] (in Spanish). Club Portugalete. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

External links

• Carlos Merino at BDFutbol
• Carlos Merino at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Carlos Merino at Athletic Bilbao
• Carlos Merino at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Carlos Merino at Soccerbase
• Carlos Merino at Soccerway